Grade 4 - Midterm Practice

The coach admired the team’s determination to finish the game even though it was cold

• raining

• promise

• idea

• will

Which word is a synonym for confidence in the sentence below?

It was with great confidence that Diana announced she would run for class president.

• shyness

• certainty

• progress

• helplessnes

Identify the Purpose: Determine the author's purpose for writing each passage.

The best way to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is to start with two slices of bread. Spread a layer of peanut butter on one slice and a layer of jelly on the other. Then, carefully place the two slices together to create a delicious sandwich. This method ensures that the sandwich is made perfectly every time.

Author's Purpose is ……………............

• to inform

• to persuade

• to entertain

“The name my parents gave me was Edwin Eugene, but the name my sister gave me was the one that would stay with me all my life. Since I was the only son, everyone in

my family called me Brother”.

-According to the passage above , how can you tell it is an autobiography?

• The author writes about his friends .

• The author writes about other people.

• The author writes about himself.

“Everything was gray or white. The shadows and the sky above were as black as the blackest velvet I had ever seen. I exclaimed: “Magnificent desolation.”

Buzz described the moon as a "Magnificent desolation." Why did he say that?

• The moon has plants and animals.

• The moon has no color. Everything was gray or white.

• The moon has rocks and trees.

My sister lives in Mexico. ( Which type of sentence is this)

• interrogative

• exclamatory

• imperative

• declarative

Please leave your footwear outside.

• imperative

• declarative

• exclamatory

• interrogative

What is working without stopping to get or accomplish something in order to get , catch, or

attack.

• poverty

• biography

• pursued

He ………….in English.

• excels

• capacity

“All of these physical changes—greater lung capacity, heart strength, and endurance—

can help athletic performance at sea level.”

• The Inca developed a 25,000 mile (40,000 km) road system to connect their empire.

• People who come from sea level or other lower regions may get altitude sickness.